... I have a huge trauma history and quite a bit of emotional abuse during childhood too. The purpose of talking about it in therapy is to process the feelings you have about your past. These experiences usually lead to particular thoughts or feelings about yourself or the world, and these thoughts/feeling are often negative and are the root of the issues you face today. A... (3 replies)

... I am married to a woman who survived a bloody genocide. She'll talk about that part of her life with no evident difficulty. What IS evident are her sudden, unprovoked episodes which seem to be classic symptoms:
hostility
emotional withdrawal
distrust
unfettered nastiness
control via threat
disgust with me, the marriage, etc.
violent tendencies (smashing, throwing... (1 replies)

... bout 4 months before he was killed. We are both war survivors just from different sides of it. We moved in together about 9 months ago. My bf has been going to a ptsd clinic for some time now and I am schedualed to go with him next week. ... (7 replies)

... A little background info, I met this girl on a dating website about a year ago. After a few months of talking on the phone everyday we decided to meet, and something came up on her end so we didn't meet. ... (2 replies)

... abused as a child for many years. While the abuse was occurring, I felt helpless, like I could not do anything or say anything to stop him. Recently, I started dating a guy who started to abuse me. ... (8 replies)

... morning Dee-nah...........yep it's hard to get peace and quiet. that walk sounds great. it's been beautiful here. it's so hard not to get sucked in by these people with an agenda of their own. it is something i was lousy at spotting for many years. Sid and sannah really helped me to trust my gut which is very fine tuned now. i don't second guess myself anymore and trust no one... (160 replies)

... hs ago she started to showing signs of depression. i see similar traits in my behavior that occurs before i slip into depression, so i refreshed my knowledge of ptsd and encouraged her to seek proffessional health. ... (0 replies)

... More history. Part of my perfection and OCD problem is when I was dating I wouldn't date someone that wasn't a virgin, because I was waiting until I was married, and I expected the same appreciation. ... (10 replies)

... i saw this thread rather late but i am going off of what angelblue65 is asking what in should do. i was dating someone for a few weeks but i guess i have met them at a wrong time-when the outside stressors became too much and the person had a breakdown and started engaging in self distructive behaviors. he is in a relationship that obviously made him unhappy and claimed he was... (9 replies)

... s the first time he has disappeared since i have known him and it has made me worried that i may be over my head in every sense of the word. i don't want to stop dating him simply because he has PTSD because i actually like him has a person and think that we do have alot in common. ... (3 replies)

... I never dated someone with PTSD but I do or did have it, and I remember that I was in charge of me, and when my future husband came on the scene, I had some control issues, and I think I was emotionally unavailable.
There are things that happened to your "date" that makes it difficult for them to connect like normal people, and I remember that I didn't understand alot of... (3 replies)

... I wish to gain some knowledge and insight about adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and to somehow find some peace while being supportive of my BF who I've been with for nearly 14 months. He was abused as a child, was honest with me about it when we began dating, but he told he had come to terms with it. He also is Bipolar II and until very recently, I thought all of... (9 replies)

... but it is a slow paced board but that doesn't mean it is not a good support system. I am proud of you for doing this at your age. I was diagnosed with chronic ptsd and hospitalized at 17 but continued to live in denial. I am now 39 and just taking care of my self. ... (12 replies)

... Hi, I'm Silly. I just wanted to say hi and tell you all a bit about myself. I was diagnosed with complex PTSD along with some dissociative disorders 2 years ago when I was 17, and have been working in therapy twice a week ever since. ... (12 replies)

... in either a dating or friend type situation.. i recently went to a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with ptsd and the reason he said that i have ptsd is because i was sexually abused by a brothers friend when i was young.. i think i might have been like 6 or 7... ... (1 replies)

... gure out what type of man you want and the start dating. My therapist always told me, that after a failed relationship, a person should take up to a year before dating again..... How long has it been for you? ... (30 replies)

... I was 14. he had just gotten home from Nam and was 22. After a few months of dating i knew there was something wrong but wanted away from my mother. I was looking for affection. He offered it but in a sexual way. ... (17 replies)